21.Apr.2000
bnloi@hotmail.com via eMail
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GNN: Tao ships Java-Engine for QNX-4
«The English Tao Group and QNX Software Systems announced the availability
of the J-Engine, Java Technology Edition, for QNX-4 realtime operating system.
Thanks to the J-Engine, QNX-4 users have the possibility to run PersonalJava and
EmbeddedJava applications ressource-friendly and very fast. The Tao Group's J-Engine
is supposed to be the fastest Java implementation currently available for embedded
and desktop environments. Furthermore, the entire J-Engine including all class
libraries and AWT for the support of pJava 1.1.6 requires less than two MByte of
native code according to the companies.» For full article (in German) follow title link.
(Translation: mb)
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21.Apr.2000
Andreas Kleinert via eMail
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"Computer Zeitung" issue 16/2000
The German magazine "Computer Zeitung" 16/200 (German magazine for skilled workers
and managers in the IT business) of April 20 features an article by Marc A. Pletzer
about the faction struggles between operating systems. In a historical outline, the C128 and Atari
are mentioned, and regarding the C= computers it says: "Based on those experiences,
Commodore's programmers developed the AmigaOS, a multitasking-enabled operating system
with graphical user interface. Long before Windows NT and OS/2, this operating system
had an internal 32 bit structure as it was developed for Motorola's 32 bit chips.".
Apple is highlighted also. Later it says: "But Apple never served the mass market with
its average demands of technology. Microsoft on the contrary very much."
Linux is mentioned in an extra box, which had "a bright future": "especially in the
multimedia field, Linux is predicted first-class chances".
It's rather unusual to find articles in such publications that positively mention
alternate operating systems, accordingly the Amiga is mostly excluded from such
overviews - with the increasing acceptance of Linux and significance of multimedia
this astonishingly seems to change...
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21.Apr.2000
Oliver Wagner via eMail
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MetalWEB Version 4.0.1 released
This new version fixes some bugs, the speedbar preferences can now be saved and thanks
to ATO, MetalWeb is now available in the following languages: · Catalan
· Czech · Croatian · English · French · German · Greek · Hungarian · Italian · Polish
· Portuguese-Brazil · Portuguese · Slovenian, · Spanish · Russian · Turkish
Download:
MetalWEB401.lzx - 903 Kb or
MetalWeb4_update_401_400.lzx
MetalWEB4_Docs_Eng.lha
(Translation: mb)
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21.Apr.2000
Steven Flowers via eMail
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The Pulse issue 12
The issue 12 will be released on April 25 and contain reviews of Heretic 2, Virtual Ball Fighters,
Giana Twins, Teakwondo Master and Cedrik.
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20.Apr.2000
Hans-Jörg Frieden via eMail
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Hyperion: Heretic II demo released
Hyperion is proud to announce the release of the Heretic-II-demo. This demoshould give an impression
what the final relase has to offer. The full version of the game can be ordered from
Titan Computer.
Because of the size of the download (41 MB) here a list of the required hardware:
- PPC Amiga with WarpOS 4 or higher
- 64 MB RAM
- 70 MB hardrive space
- AGA or GFX-board(recommended)
- for 3D-enhancement: WARP3D-compatible GFX-board (Permedia-2-class EXTREMLY recommended)
- AHI 4
The archive is 41 MB big and lha-packed. Simply unpack on harddrive and doubleclick the "Run_HereticII"-icon.
The final product will be released soon.
Download:h2demo.lha - 41 MB
Post Scriptum: Hans-Jörg Frieden informed
us by e-mail: Sadly we had to temporarily remove the Heretic II demo from our web-page. The demand for it was so big
that we exceeded our ISP's transfer allowance a bit. We will find a new place for it ASAP, until then we have to ask
for your patience. Thank you, your Hyperion team.
(Translation: mb)
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20.Apr.2000
Mathias Henze via eMail
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New Version (V44.41 beta 1) of the HSMathlibs for MC 68881/82
All known bugs are removed. This version is only for registered users.
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20.Apr.2000
Thorsten Schölzel via eMail
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CD32 news
Read under the titlelink the news of the CD32-alliance. They are still looking for interested users to work with.
Also the alliance will take part with an own column in the new (german) print-magazine amiga.topcool.de.
(Translation: mb)
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20.Apr.2000
games-net.de
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games-net.de news
Today after 14 hours of hard work we have added beside new 3D-models of Remorseless Games and first textures some new tutorials.
Also new links for the rubrics graphics and Amiga Development are inserted. Some changes of the booksection.
In moment we are working on a special beginners tutorial: This tutorial
will assist the development of a game from the concept to
final product. Every step will be explained and shows examples.
If there will be news of this, you can find them on games-net.de
(Translation: mb)
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20.Apr.2000
Nordic Global
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MiamiSSL version 2.21 released
Download: MiamiSSL221.lha
(Translation: mb)
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20.Apr.2000
Sascha Wübbena in the ANF
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MP3-decoder for the Amiga now cheaper
The MAS-player of DCR has found many friends. So more people can use this MP3-decoder it has gone cheaper.
If you interested in this hardware , visit our homepage and get informed.
(Translation: mb)
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20.Apr.2000
AmigaImpact via eMail
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AmigaImpact will be for a few days offline
The french online-magazine "AmigaImpact" moves to another server and
will be for a few days offline. AmigaImpact concentrates on the
french community has many informations and services. For example they
translate the news of amiga-news.de to french.
Probably outdated - the message was posted April 18th, but I was offline for reinstallation... (Windows, sheesh...) (mb)
(Translation: mb)
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19.Apr.2000
Frank Mariak by e-mail
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CyberGraphX 4.2 Update
Pre6 of CGX version 4.2 has been released. This version fixes the "Pointer Color Bug" with
CVPPC/BVPPC, and improves the CV64/3D drivers. As always, the CGX V4 CD-ROM is required
for this update.
(Translation: mb)
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19.Apr.2000
Nico Barbat by e-mail
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Amiga Survivor sold to CS&E
Andrew Reed informed us that the english print magazine Amiga Survivor is no longer
owned by Crystal Interactive Software.
The new owner is CD&E (URL at title link), 7 Glyme Close, Woodstock, Oxon, OX20 1LB, UK,
Phone +44 (0) 1993 812685, e-mail: csande@csande.com.
(Translation: mb)
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19.Apr.2000
Hans-Jörg Frieden by e-mail
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Hyperion announces their Amiga plans for 2000
In the next days, Hyperion will celebrate it's first birthday. When we started
this endeavor, it was our declared goal to bring high-quality high-end entertainment
software to the Amiga.
We believe we are on the best way to achieve this. In the last year, we created
an impressive code base, which will allow us to significantly reduce our time-to-product
in the future. This code base is now partially available for the Amiga community, too:
MiniGL, chunkyppc.library, the new Warp3D version (in cooperation with Sam Jordan) etc.
We work with two of the most inpressive 3D engines, the Quake-II and the LithTech engine.
In cooperation with Titan, we brought the Smacker Video Codec to the Amiga, a real
industrial standard. In the next months, we are ready to significantly speed up
the development cycle. This is why we want to answer some frequently asked questions.
(Translation: mb)
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19.Apr.2000
Amiga Sector One
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Two new games for Amiga emulators
Amiga Sector One offers "Tower of Souls" by Black Legend and "Lethal Formula"
to download for AMiga emulators.
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19.Apr.2000
GoldED
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GoldED Service Pack 16
The new Service Pack 16 for GoldED is scheduled for release at the end of April.
As you can see on this screenshot,
the new Webworld add-on will be significantly expanded. Looks promising :-).
(Translation: mb)
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19.Apr.2000
AmiDog
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(Beta) MiniGL for SOPE
For his Sony Playstation emulator SOPE, AmiDog released a first beta version
of his MiniGL. More details at the title link.
(Translation: mb)
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19.Apr.2000
Amiga Rediscovery
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Amiga Rediscovery: New Classic demo "Exile"
On his website, Mikey Carillo regularily offers older demos for download.
Currently you can download "Exile".
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18.Apr.2000
Torsten Dudai
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New Cartoon: a new Challenge(r)?
Amiga users in Europe and the US seem to have very different expectations of Amiga Inc.'s new strategy.
(td) (Translation: td)
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17.Apr.2000
Holger Beer by e-mail
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HBMonopoly version 2.4 released
HBMonopoly is available in a new version. Aside from small improvements, there are
now new translations to Russian, Portugeese and Czech. Additionally, the Finish and
Catalan translation have been updated.
Download: HBMonopoly.lzx.zip - 518 Kb
(Translation: mb)
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17.Apr.2000
Oliver Wagner by e-mail
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MetalWEB 4.0 released
Download: MetalWEB4.lzx - 906 Kb
(Translation: mb)
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